Ice Climbing

I've had a hard time getting back into skiing, so I've now moved back into ice climbing. My shoulder isn't real strong yet, but holds up quite well. Especially considering that I wasn't supposed to start climbing until this summer. My shoulder was a bit sore the next couple days, but not a muscle sore. My muscles have been holding up fine, but my joint felt a little inflamed and tight. After some arnica montana though it felt great again. And I honestly can't tell you how great it felt to be hanging off a cliff again. There's something so amazing about climbing frozen water... hanging onto sharp metal objects...

On that note too, I finally ran 5 miles yesterday! Another high point. I was running 6 miles before the avalanche so I'm getting pretty close. Overall things are feeling a bit more normal. I've still had spells of insomnia a night or two a week, but that's really not bad considering it's only been a little over a month. I'm noticing this will take quite some time...

Today I received the official notice that I am done with graduate school!!! My thesis is done and I'm waiting to hear if it's going to be published. It would be exciting to hear about a published paper, but I think a few papers will come out of my thesis. Good stuff.

Anyways, I'm done with that aspect of my life and am now applying to jobs all over the country. Literally anywhere from Alaska to Delaware. There's nothing like getting turned down for jobs because you have "too much education". Really? So I'm too smart to work for you... that seems... ummm.... counterintuitive. So you don't want anyone with the ability to get promoted within your business? O.K. just making sure.

Sorry for the randomness of this post, but that's my life. Kind of all over the place right now. The recovery has been going well. I feel great at this point. I'll still have some difficulty with this for quite some time, but I've been able to deal with this and pass on my story to a lot of people. It feels good to pass on information and let other people know first hand what can happen and how to deal with a scenario like this.

Alright, I'm going to go sleep and get ready for another day of searching for jobs.